## October 5, 2004

### Gross, Wilczek and Politzer

$\mu \frac{d g}{d\mu} = - \frac{g^3}{48\pi^2} \left( 11 l(A) - 2 l(R_f) - l(R_s) \right)$ It’s about friggin' time…

Posted by distler at October 5, 2004 8:21 AM

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### Re: Gross, Wilczek and Politzer

For the rest of the day, there was the expected excitement and news coverage, plus an impressive number of posters, given the short time. I do not think it could have come at a more appropriate time, because the ITP is in the middle of a program on QCD and string theory.

Posted by: Brian Wignall on October 7, 2004 1:51 AM | Permalink | Reply to this

### ‘t Hooft

Actually, 't Hooft did calculate the $\beta$-function for Yang-Mills. But, apparently, he did not, at the time, grasp the significance of the sign…

In any case, this is long-overdue. Congrats to David …

Posted by: Jacques Distler on October 7, 2004 2:02 AM | Permalink | PGP Sig | Reply to this

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